Zhu Jingyuan asked the steward, grandmother, and stall head to take Erin and others for review, and then asked the guards to bring in Ali, the Duke of Egypt.

Ali and Zhu Jingyuan are now colleagues, so the atmosphere of meeting now is much more relaxed.

Zhu Jingyuan smiled and beckoned Ali to sit down, and asked while instructing the servant to serve tea:

"How is it that the prince of Egypt has time to come to this king? Is there anything you need the king's help with? ”

Ali understood Zhu Jingyuan's character, and with a little politeness, he went straight to the point:

"It's true that the subordinates have something to ask for, but this should also be considered official business, involving the area of Tripoli, which is currently at war.

"The current Tripoli Pasha, Yusuf Karamani, is actually the second son of the previous Pasha.

He himself seized power and exiled his elder brother, Hamit Karamani, to Egypt.

"The subordinates found this Hammit and considered whether they could use him to quickly settle the fighting in Tripoli.

"For example, the imperial court canonized Hamit as the Duke of Tripoli and attacked Tripoli in his name.

"This should allow the resistance to quickly disintegrate Tripoli."

After hearing this, Zhu Jingyuan suddenly realized that he still had an impression of this, and this is what the Americans did in history.

But the Americans did not put their brother Hammett on the throne in the end.

It was only used to force his younger brother Yusuf to release the American prisoners and no longer ask the United States for protection money.

The Americans also did not occupy Tripoli in the end.

After listening to this, Zhu Jingyuan thought about it for a while:

"Egyptian, has the news that you found this Hammett leaked?"

Ali was a little unnatural for a moment, and then said very calmly:

"There is no way to keep the news of Hammit found by his subordinates, because the matter of Hammett in Egypt is public, which is not a secret in the first place."

Zhu Jingyuan said with a smile:

"For Da Ming, to support his brother Hammit, who has no inheritance rights, it is better to directly recruit his younger brother Yusuf who is in power, right?"

Ali seems to have thought about this direction as well:

"The subordinates thought that with the addition of his brother Hammet, they could force Yusuf to submit faster, and the subordinates went to Hammett for their own conspiracy.

"But the front-line commander, General Yang Yuchun, didn't consider the plan of his subordinates at all, and his subordinates could only come to find His Royal Highness......"

When Zhu Jingyuan heard this, he felt that he had finally completely figured out the cause and effect.

Yang Yuchun, the commander-in-chief of the northern battlefield in Mozhou, did not support the use of Hammett to cooperate with the operation, and at the same time did not accept Yusef's negotiations.

He didn't even report the news from the two sides, and now he is burying his head in the fight, so Zhu Jingyuan doesn't know at all.

In fact, this is a common feature of many Ming generals who fought overseas, and the battlefield in the southwest of the Dashi Peninsula was also fought in this way.

After the fight, there are no full-fledged cities, and there are usually no sizable populations left.

Before Zhu Jingyuan was appointed governor, Yang Yuchun had the final say on how to fight the battlefield, and it was useless for Ali to have an opinion.

Now that there are matters related to Governor Zhu Jingyuan, Ali wants to come to Zhu Jingyuan to try.

The current Pasha Yussef of Tripoli also did not want to die, and may have heard about the Egyptians looking for his brother.

Yusuf thought that Daming did not negotiate with him because he wanted to support his brother Hammett.

That's why he found a way to come to Zhu Jingyuan to give gifts, probably to get Daming to start negotiating with Daming, and at the same time give up supporting his brother.

Zhu Jingyuan smiled and nodded:

"The current emissary of Pasha Yusuf in Tripoli has arrived in Quicksand, so we might as well hear what he has to say.

"The Egyptian minister can sit here and pretend to be a representative of Hammet, and I believe this will help to conclude the negotiations quickly."

Ali suddenly realized:

"The subordinates understand, and the subordinates must cooperate."

Zhu Jingyuan instructed the guards to call Youssef's attendant Basel in.

This Basel was in his thirties, not tall and thin, but he looked very lean.

When he saw Zhu Jingyuan, Basel slipped and fell down very smoothly, and then threw himself directly to the ground, saying in a fairly standard Daming Yayan:

"The villain Basel, the Yusuf Pasha of Tripoli begs His Royal Highness the Prince of Great Food to grant him a way out.

"The Pasha is willing to dedicate all the most precious jewels of Tripoli, the most beautiful slave girls, to His Royal Highness."

As he spoke, Basel directly handed over a gift slip, and the guards checked it and handed it to Zhu Jingyuan.

Ali next to him directly reprimanded:

"Youssef is a usurper, my poor brother, and Hammit is the true master of Tripoli.

"The Ming will definitely uphold justice for Tripoli and punish you hateful traitors!

"Your Highness, my subordinates ask you to directly drag this sinner's messenger out and hang him!"

Basel was startled, but he didn't expect to encounter a big problem when he came up, and immediately continued to lie on the ground and cry:

"Your Royal Highness, don't listen to rumors, it is an indisputable and accepted fact that Yusuf Pasha is the true master of Tripoli.

"Hammett can't get Tripoli's support, and whatever conditions Hammett gives to His Highness are just empty words.

"The point is, Yusuf Pasha was able to kill his brother in the first place, but he didn't, and instead deflated a way out.

"Not only is Hamit not grateful, but he intends to destroy Tripoli, and he may not be grateful for Daming's support in the future!"

Ali immediately retorted angrily, and he didn't know if it was true or fake:

"The usurper still dares to quibble, why should the Hammit brothers, who should have been the Tripoli Pasha, be grateful for the false mercy of a murderer!

"Your Highness, Hammet's return to Tripoli is justified, and he will definitely be able to gain the approval of the local people and quickly stabilize the situation."

Basel immediately retorted again, and Ali did not give in at all, and the two sides argued on the spot.

Zhu Jingyuan looked down at the gift list.

The current Tripoli Pasha, Yusuf Karamani's gift list, is richer and more straightforward than that of the Ottoman Sultan.

The main thing is a large number of gold, silver and jewelry, and then more than 100 female slaves of various ethnic groups, but there are basically no antique calligraphy and paintings.

After all, he was born as a pirate, and there is no way to compare with the Ottomans, so he can only send some of the most straightforward things.

They also can't send better land, the eastern part of Tripoli has been occupied by the Ming Dynasty, and the western part is a desert except for the core area.

Zhu Jingyuan flipped through for a while, and then he was not interested.

Looking up, Ali and Basel were almost arguing, and waved his hand to stop the pointless argument between the two sides:

"Okay, okay, who is the rightful heir of Tripoli has nothing to do with my Prince Dashi, nor does it have anything to do with the Ming court.

"This king doesn't know much about the situation on the battlefield, so let's leave the relevant matters to General Yang Yuchun to solve."

Zhu Jingyuan said and threw the gift list back to the ground.

Basel is in a hurry again:

"Your Highness, don't do this, Your Highness give me a chance, let me do anything, as long as we can do it, we will definitely satisfy you."

"We can also help His Highness do something that is inconvenient for public, we are really useful......"

Ali was also a little anxious, he wasn't quite sure if what Zhu Jingyuan said was true.

If this matter continues to be handed over to Yang Yuchun to deal with, then there will be no room for negotiation, only forcibly and completely exterminated.

Ali wants those people, otherwise he would come and toss so much for what.

In Ali's opinion, compared to these Barbary pirates, Da Ming must have trusted him more in the Duke of Egypt.

Therefore, part of the population will definitely be given to Egypt for management in the future, just like when the Ming Dynasty accepted the land on the east coast of the Great Qin Sea.

Population is wealth, not to mention that these populations can be absorbed quickly, and there will be no deep cultural barriers.

The population of the southwestern part of the Great Food Peninsula can be given to Persia, and most of the rest of the region can be given to Egypt.

But now I still have to cooperate with Zhu Jingyuan, and I must not dismantle Zhu Jingyuan's platform, otherwise I will have no future.

Even if there are any problems, you have to wait until Basel is done to talk about them privately.

When Ali was not thinking about how to cooperate, Zhu Jingyuan himself had already responded to Basel:

"The only way out for you is to leave your house, give up everything you have, and leave Tripoli cleanly.

"To you, to Tunisia, to Algeria, to all the Barbary pirates, I have this attitude.

"Otherwise, then resolutely, completely, and forever destroy these pirates! We don't need pirates! ”

Ali was stunned.

Your Highness, you won't be here for real, you won't really want these people, will you?

Basel was also stunned.

Allowing yourself to leave is useless not to die!

Although it sounds like they will lose everything when they leave the house, they are pirates in the first place, and staying alive is the highest goal.

Under the extreme pressure created by Zhu Jingyuan and Ali, Basel did not have a chance to think carefully and calmly.

Basel was stunned and asked rhetorically with a hint of apprehension:

"Your Highness, you asked us to leave Tripoli, and Tunisia and Algiers also left, where can we go in the future?"

Zhu Jingyuan said directly without hesitation:

"Go to sub-Saharan Africa, and I'll tell you exactly where you should go."

Basel was unaware of the partition of the continent, and thought that the arrangement of going to sub-Saharan Africa was barely a way to survive.

I heard that the Mo people in the south are all barbarians, and the Barbary pirates should be able to start up there again.

And listening to Zhu Jingyuan's meaning, he is not ready to accept the Barbary pirates as subordinates and vassals, and it seems that they are still allowed to exist independently.

Although the reason should be upfront, it seems that this can also be considered good news.

So Basel immediately nodded and said:

"Thank you for your kindness, I will go to repay Yusuf Pasha, please accept this kindness......"

Basel wants to give away the gift list again.

Zhu Jingyuan asked directly:

"My request is to leave the house, and everything in the whole of Tripoli, except for you pirates, belongs to me.

"What else do I want to do with this gift list? Wasting my time? ”

Basel suddenly realized that he was going to leave the house cleanly, and he used other people's things to give gifts to others, isn't this a blind toss......

Basel left the lobby in a panic, embarrassed, and apprehensive.

After Basel left, Ali finally couldn't help but ask Zhu Jingyuan:

"Your Highness, do you really want to let them out of the house? Go to Daming to toss in the land south of Mozhou? ”

Zhu Jingyuan immediately smiled and asked:

"Why go to our land? What qualifications do they have to go to our land?

"They originally plundered the Tessie, and now the Tessie are also going to the south of Mozhou to open up colonies.

"Isn't it a natural choice to let these Barbary pirates follow and continue to fight against their old rivals?"

Zhu Jingyuan's real idea was to see how the Ottomans replied.

If the Ottomans were willing to surrender Crete, then the population would go to the Ottomans.

Otherwise, it will be put into the colonies of the Tessie countries and let them fend for themselves.

But you can't give Egypt, you can't add the same culture to Egypt.

Ali opened his mouth:

"Your Highness has a point, then...... What to do with that Hammit? ”

Zhu Jingyuan thought for a while:

"You take care of him first, and see if it's useful later."